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Rita Brandes was born in July 1939 in Bremen [Annotator's Note: Bremen, Germany]. As a young child, she knew only the...

As the war drew nearer and nearer to an end, Hugh Colbert and the rest of the American prisoners in the German labor...

Wallace Hurley contracted pneumonia during the Battle of the Bulge. He was in the hospital for four days. Following his...

John Rogers was born and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. He went to college in Indiana then got a job as a recreation...

Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...

Jack Appel transitioned to the United States through Camp Lucky Strike [Annotator's Note: one of the transit and...

Marion Bahlinger recalled one man was assigned as the guard to the group of 20 American prisoners. He was an older man...

William McCowen was assigned to a P-61 Black Widow [Annotator's Note: Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter aircraft...

The Army Air Corps knew that they needed to get the best pilots. Robert Shoens took his training in January of February...

Baynham was based at Tibenham, England where there were numerous airfields that were three or four miles apart. Every...

Donald W. Bertino fired his 90mm [Annotator's Note: 90mm antiaircraft gun] first in Dinant, Belgium. It was a hurry up...

The seven men reached a town that had a substantial German presence and they saw officers sending men to different...

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